(WXIA) -- The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Atlanta area from 7 p.m. Monday to 1 p.m. Tuesday.

11Alive meteorologist Allison Chinchar said the watch is issued for a line extending from Carroll County to Jackson County, and north to the Tennessee state line. Metro Atlanta is included in the watch; the Athens-Clarke County area is not.

Chinchar said parts of metro Atlanta will likely experience some snow, but the exact amount is not yet known, as low temperatures are in flux.

A second round of winter storms is expected to pass through the area Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, which could bring a mix of rain/snow/sleet.

This is an evolving weather situation with some inconsistency in weather models. We will continue to fine tune any impact from snow vs ice and locations as it develops.

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY EVENING THROUGHTUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF NORTH GEORGIA...

ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT NORTHGEORGIA MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. WHILE THERE IS GOOD AGREEMENTIN TERMS OF PRECIPITATION OCCURRING DURING THIS TIME PERIOD...THEMODELS STILL HAVE CONSIDERABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SNOWFALLAMOUNTS AND JUST HOW FAR SOUTH THE SNOW WILL REACH. THOSE IN NORTHGEORGIA AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA NEED TO MONITOR THISSITUATION CLOSELY.

* UNCERTAINTY...THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY IN THISFORECAST AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE LEADING UPTO THE EVENT. FOLKS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND EVEN PARTS OFCENTRAL GEORGIA SHOULD MONITOR THIS SITUATION CLOSELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANTSNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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